St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-21
Several People Killed, and the
Passengers Have a Mar
row Escape.
A Workman at Brainerd Cut
Completely in Two By a
Circular Saw.
Good Fairs at Mankato and
Grand ForkS---A Fatal
Cave In,
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CANTON, Oak, Sept. 2O.-A bad
wreck occurred on the Milwaukee road,
near the Sioux crossing, three miles
east of Canton, at o'clock this mGrn-
ing. Passenger train No. 2, bound east,
j. NJ. Morse conductor, ran into the rear
of freight train No. 12, both trains going
at full speed. The freight train was
switching at lnwood, To-, and the rear
brakes were not set. The rear part of
the train came laundering down grade
toward Canton distance of several
miles and collided with the passenger.
Following is a list of the killed:
ANDREW DERRETH, of Rock Valley To-,
who was in the freight caboose asleep lives
al Rock Valley, To-, and leaves a family.
w. a. PLOOG, of McGregOr, To-, passenger
engineer: leaves family.
CHARLES DUNBAR, of Mason City, To-,
passenger fireman.
The bodies have all been taken from
the wreck, and wrecking trains from
both directions are clearing away the
debris. Assistant Supt. Cable, of
Mason City, is oil the ground Superin-
tending the work. Ten passengers
were in the smoker, one in the express
car and about twenty in the first class
lous. One baggage and one mail car,
locomotive, one smoker, six cars of
wheat. one car of cattle and the freight
cabOoSe are
PILED INTO HEAPS
or scattered over the prairie. Curious
-SightSeerS line the road to the wreck
and surround the scene. Twenty MEM
berS of the Canton band left the train at
this point ten minutes before the acci-
dent They were in the smoker which
was a short time afterward shattered
into splinterS. The collision occurred
near the edge of the high bridge across
the Sioux and ten seconds difference in
time would have thrown both trains into
the river. The blame is attached to C..
II. Millihen, conductor of the freight,
for not setting his brakes at Inwood.
The bodies of the dead are ly-
ing at the depot in this city
awaiting cOrOner'S inquest. The ac-
cident occurred just across the Iowa
and Dakota line, and the coroner of
Lyon county, Iowa, arrived here to-
night to hold an inquest. G.. H. Milli-
ken, the. conductor on the freight, fin
ished his run to-day, but the whole
crew will be removed by. the company.
1t is probable the freight train crew will
be prosecuted for criminal negligence
Assistant Superintendent Cable is still
here. The track will be cleared so that
night trains can pass. The wreck is an
expensive one for the company, both
trains being shattered to pieces.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special to the Globe.
MASON CITY, To-, Sept. 20.-Another
terrible accident occurred at 80 this
morning on the Western division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul railroad
at the little station of Inwood, about 100
miles west of here. a heavy freight
train had pulled out shortly before the
passenger and was ascending heavy
grade, when it broke in two, leaving no
one on the rear of TIE train with the eX-
ception of the brakeman named Will
Jams, who was asleep in the caboose
The detached part started back down
grade and was running at the rate of
twenty miles al hour when it collided
witlhthe passenger going at the rate of
thirty miles an hour. The engine, bag
gage, express and smoker were com
pletely wrecked, and under the debris
was the unfortunate Williams dead,
his body being terribly mutilated almost
beyond recognition. Gustave Plooz, of
McGregOr, engineer. and his fireman,
Charles Dunbar, of this city, were dug
out of the ruins, and both are dead.
This is the third wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee IL st. Paul road in Iowa
within the past twenty-f0ur hours.